Since I have a subscription to AMM I can see the original story that was printed there. I don't want to copy the entire story and post it here because of copyrights. BUT here is part of the story as it was printed on AMM.

According to the story on AMM a price was agreed upon before the metal was to be removed and then the elderly couple was underpaid by more than half the original amount. The elderly couple was shortchanged by over $10,000.00, which means the original agreed upon price should have been over $20,000.


The couple, who owned Weiser, Idaho-based Northwest Materials Management Services, which also operated in eastern Oregon and western Washington, was convicted of aggravated theft for removing 250 tons of metal from an elderly couple’s property and allegedly paying them less than half of the agreed-upon amount.



The district attorney said that other parties have since come forward reporting similar experiences, and the Grant County Sheriff’s Office is investigating those complaints.